Heroic poetry in the Anglo-Saxon period : studies in honor of Jess B. Bessinger, Jr.
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Heroic poetry in the Anglo-Saxon period : studies in honor of Jess B. Bessinger, Jr.
（Studies in medieval culture, 32）
Medieval Institute Publications, 1993
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. xix-xxvi) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Eighteen essays by some of the most prominent British and North American students of heroic poetry, plus two poems and a bibliography, are gathered here to honor Jess B. Bessinger Jr., whose innovative studies of heroic poetry have instructed a generation of scholars and whose performances of Anglo-Saxon poems are legendary.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments Biographical Preface by John Leyerle Bibliography by Helen Damico Dedicatory Poem: For J. B. 1949 Dedicatory Poem: For Jess B. Bessinger 1992 by Willaim Alfred Offa in The Battle of Maldon by John C. Pope The Battle of Maldon: Its Reception 1726-1906 by Roberta Frank Celaes and Cellod: Decorated in Low Relief by Donald K. Fry Love and Death in the Mannerbund: An Essay with Special Reference to the Bjarkamal and The Battle of Maldon by Joseph Harris The Accentuation of Nu in Caedmon's Hymn by Fred C. Robinson Caedmon Revisited by Albert Bates Lord The Context for Epic in Later Anglo-Saxon England by Robert L. Kellogg Type D Verses as Evidence for the Rhythmic Basis of Old English Meter by Thomas Cable Some Problematic Sense-Divisions in Old English: "glory" and "victory"
- "noble," "glorious," and "learned" by Eric Stanley Between the Lines: Subdominant-to-Dominant Patterning in Beowulf by Robert Payson Creed Judith: Sacred and Secular Heroine by Patricia A. Belanoff Formulaic Tradition and the Latin Waltharius by Alexandra Hennessey Olsen The Formulaic Relationship Between Beowulf and Andreas by Anita R. Riedinger Domesticating the Dayraven in Beowulf 1801 (with Some Attention to Alison's Ston) by Marijane Osborn The Hall in Beowulf and in Archaeology by Rosemary Cramp Heroic Role-Models: Beowulf and Others by Edward B. Irving, Jr. Beowulf and the Psychology of Terror by Michael Lapidge Beowulf's Last Words vs. Bothvar Bjarki's: How the Hero Faces His God by Constance B. HieattIndex
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